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Mar 7 Masks

By Tara Dimick
As a business coach and trainer, I work with individuals and groups on how to meet people where they are, how to eliminate distractions and objections to get to a yes, and how to dress the part. These are important tools to success; however, even when wearing those masks, we cannot lose our own identity. In today’s world, our uniqueness has power like never before. That uniqueness enables us to find others with similar beliefs and ideas and use business savvy to be successful in a niche.

Recently my daughter wrote about the struggles of finding her own identity while wearing masks to conform to what society expects. Her young perspective is one that each of us faces every day—the fear of losing our identity as a result of always having to wear a mask, and thus falling into mediocrity.

A mask is a powerful tool, but the mask must come off. Embrace not only your uniqueness but the uniqueness of others, to create and live in greatness.

MASKS
By Hope Dimick

It’s almost funny how easily you can deceive
There is no challenge
You say the words and they believe

The hardest one to deceive is yourself
You tell yourself you want something
But really you don’t
They say you need it to fit in
But you want to stand out

I try to deceive myself every day
But I fail every time
I question myself every day
It is hard to confess how much I hide

I drown myself in thoughts as I go to sleep
Not someone else's judgment, but my own
I am not judged for who I am; I am not hated either
But sometimes I hate myself

For not being different
For not making a difference
I watch myself every day on replay
And I want to scream at my mediocrity

People only know one side of me
They don’t know what I think

I wish I could shake society up and make it different
But the normal tells me NO
You don’t want to be different,
Do you?

I want to wake people up from their coma of normalcy
I want to see if people are actually thinking
Or if they are machines, turned on and off with the flick of a switch

Am I different?
Do others have masks?
If I were different, would you even glance
at my thoughts?
Or hear what I had to say?

Marian Dental Clinic – The public is invited to a special event on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. CST, for the launch of a satellite display from Creations of Hope Gallery, a collection of art dedicated to mental health awareness.